Border militia leader identified as gunman in Ariz. shooting

9:01 AM,
May 3, 2012

Written by

JIM WALSH
and JJ HENSLEY

GILBERT, Ariz. - A border militia leader Wednesday shot and killed four people at a Gilbert, Ariz., home, including a toddler, before committing suicide, sources said.

Sources identified the shooter as Jason "J.T." Ready, a reputed neo-Nazi who made headlines when he launched a militia movement to patrol the Arizona desert to hunt for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.

Ready was a former Marine who headed the U.S. Border Guard, a militia-style group that routinely performed armed patrols in the southern Arizona desert. ...